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Reika
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Welcome Claire!
We're excited to welcome a new group member, Claire Senger! Claire will be working on nanobandage and microplastic project.
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Reika
Nov 1, 20201 min read
NSF CAREER Award!
Reika was chosen to receive the NSF CAREER Award for the project entitled Understanding the Multi-Scale Dynamics of Heterogeneous...
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Reika
Sep 27, 20201 min read
Do you remember what it was that made you want to become an engineer?
Do you remember what it was that made you want to become an engineer? I think that was in high school back in Japan. I participated in a...
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Reika
Sep 3, 20201 min read
Congrats Autumn for passing the cume!
We congrats Autumn for passing ALL the cumulative exams! Autumn is very excited to distill her monomer💫
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Reika
Aug 31, 20201 min read
Congrats James for passing prospectus!
James (Co-advised with Todd Emrick) successfully passed his prospectus titled "Tuning Polymer-2D Materials Interactions for Designing...
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Reika
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Paper of the week
In our group meetings, everyone, including Reika, except for the presenter, introduces an exciting paper that is published in the week (...
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Reika
Jun 30, 20201 min read
Congrats Walter for passing prospectus!
Walter successfully passed his prospectus titled "Understanding the Relationship Between Segment and Chain Dynamics in Heterogeneous...
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Reika
Jun 16, 20201 min read
Congrats Autumn for passing the cume!
We congrats Autumn for passing the cume, especially during such a difficult time. Yay!
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Reika
Apr 15, 20201 min read
The Center for Evolutionary Materials^3: ADVANCE Grant
Reika led a team effort for peer-mentoring, which has been funded by UMass ADVANCE Grant ($6,000/year)! Center for Evolutionary...
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Reika
Jan 23, 20201 min read
Spring 2020!
Amherst MA is very beautiful covered with snow! Yes, it's a bit chilly.... that's why we do science inside the Conte Building.... Here is...
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Reika
Dec 11, 20191 min read
Katsumata Group welcome lunch
Katsumata Group had a welcome lunch for a new Ph.D. student Autumn Mineo. Welcome, Autumn! Autumn will be working on stress-free nanoglue...
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Reika
Nov 25, 20191 min read
Welcome Evon!
So excited to share that a new Ph.D. student, Evon Petek, has joined our group! Evon will be working on the wetting transparency project....
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Reika
Aug 26, 20191 min read
ACS PRF DNI
Reika Katsumata has been awarded an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) Grant. The project...
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Reika
Aug 26, 20191 min read
Group Outing Summer 2018
Group outing after final presentations from Eddie and Tommy (summer undergraduate students)! #Sugarloaf Video credit to James 🙂
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Reika
May 1, 20191 min read
Rapid and Selective Deposition of Patterned Thin Films on Heterogeneous Substrates via Spin Coating
Y. Zhang, C.A. D’Ambra, R. Katsumata, R.L. Burns, M.H. Somervell, R.A. Segalman, C.J. Hawker, and Christopher M. Bates*, “Rapid and...
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Reika
Apr 29, 20191 min read
James: PPG Foundation Fellowship
https://www.pse.umass.edu/news/james-pagaduan-ppg-fellowship James Pagaduan has been selected to PPG Foundation Fellow. Congrats, James!
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Reika
Jan 15, 20191 min read
Walter: GAANN Fellowship
Walter has been awarded to receive Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship. Congrats!
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Reika
Dec 1, 20181 min read
Branched Side Chains Govern Counterion Position and Doping Mechanism in Conjugated Polythiophenes
E. Thomas, E. Davidson, R. Katsumata, R.A. Segalman*, and M. Chabinyc*, “Branched Side Chains Govern Counterion Position and Doping...
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Reika
Sep 1, 20181 min read
Glass transition and in-plane self-diffusion of unentangled polymer melt under nanoconfinement
R. Katsumata, A.R. Dulaney, C.B. Kim, and C.J. Ellison*, “Glass transition and in-plane self-diffusion of unentangled polymer melt...
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Reika
Jul 1, 20181 min read
Mussel-inspired strategy for spin-on doping of semiconductors
R. Katsumata, R. Limary, Y. Zhang, B.C. Popere, A.T. Heitsch, M. Li, P. Trefonas, and R.A. Segalman*, “Mussel-inspired strategy for...
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